Game apparatus.



F. J. WAINDLE.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, 1913.

1, 1 1 6,650. Patented Nov. 10, 1914.

UNITED STATES A ENT ornion.

FRANCIS J. WAINDLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GAME APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 10,1914 Application filed November 24, 1913. Serial No. 802,d32. i i i To all whom it mag concern:

Be it known that I, Francis J. WV INDLE, a citizen otthe Unlted States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventeo certain new and useful Improvements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a novel game comprising a suitable board anda plurality of men adapted to be moved into dillerent places and different relative positions on the board, the game requiring a certain degree of skill to play it and ait'ording amusement and entertainment to the players. a

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a top plan view of a game board forming part oi an apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention. Figs 2 and 3 are top plan views of two of the playing pieces or men said views showing one man :trom

each of the two opposing series. Fig. l is. a

side or edge elevation of the man shown in Fig. 3 looking in the direction of the arrow a.

The preferred form of my invention "will be herein described, without any intention, however, of limiting the invention to the precise details and arrangement shown in the drawings, except as specified in the appended claims.

Tl e apparatus comprises a suitable base or board 5 on the upper face of which is. provided a series of pans of tracks, there being in the present instancefour such pairs, each leading inwardly from the middleyot one edge of the board and terminating adjacent the center point of the board. The pairs of tracks thus form a plus sign. The individual tracksoi' each pair are distinguished from each other by giving them dii'lerent colors,

, designs, ornamentations, or other character-:

istics. The color scheme is preferable, and. although the particular colors used are not essential, Iprefer to have one track of each pair red and the other one black. Thesecolors have 'beenindicated in the drawings, in accordance with the color scheme of the draftsmans chart in the rules of practice of theUnited States Patent Ofiice, The ref erence number 6 is herein used to designate the red tracks and number 7 the black tracks. At the inner ends of the pairs OftlflCliS is a central space 8 which may be left white.

The tracks 6 and 7 of eachpair preferably lie parallelly alongside of each other. Diseach pair of tracks are two sets of triangular spaces 9 arranged with their bases toward the respective tracks. Preferably there are ten of these spaces in each set, the spaces being arranged in threerows or tiers, 9, 9"

and 9. Six spaces in the first row 9 extend along one edge of the track (3 or 7. Three spaces in the second row 9 are located alongside the second, third and fourth spaces, respectively, of the base row 9, and the reposed symmetrically on opposite sides of U maining space 9 constitutes the third. row i 8 and 9 will stand out prominently. It is these white spaces on which the men. are moved.

The men are arranged in two sets of twelve each, the topsoi each set being given diiferent colors, as red and black, like the tracks 6, 7, to dlstinguish the sets from each other. In shape the men are all alike, and each consists of a block which is triangular in plan view and is of a site to fit any of the triangularspaces 9. The three sides of eachman have ditl'ercnt colors, two sidesbeing red and black, respectively, to come spend to the colors ofthe tracks, and the third side being of a different color, preferably white. Thus the men of one set will have their tops and one of their sides black, and the men of the other set will have their tops and one 01 their sides red. In order that the three colors on the sides of the men may be readily visible from above them, the upper edges of the sides are beveled, as clearly shown in Figs. 2 to 4., and the colors from the sides of the blocks are carried up onto these beveled portions. 1

At the start of the game one player takes the twelve black men, that isto say, the men whose tops are colored black, and the other player takes the twelve red men. Each playerdivides his set of men up into four groups of three men each, each group being placed upon the three outermost triangles of each series. 1 These triangles areindicated men uses the triangles or spaces on the side adjacent to the black trackand places the black side ot' his men facing the track. The} to move all of his men into the central space.

8 and at the same time to oppose or block the movement of l11S opponentsmen. In advancing the men toward the central space 8 the players are entitled alternately to move one man at a time. A move may consist either of pushing a man either forward, backward, or sidewise, onto an adjacent space, or it may consist in turning a man on the same space so as to present a differently colored side toward the track. Under the rules of the game a man may be turned only toward the right. A man may either be transferred from one space to another, or he may be rotated, but both of these movements cannot be made at one move of the'player. When any man occupies a position with his own color facing the track,

then such man may be moved in any direc-' tion, either forward, backward, or sidewise. \Vhen either of the other two sides of a man faces thetrack the man may only be advanced toward the center of the board. All moves must be on straight lines eitherparallel with or at right angles to the ad acent track. A man may be rotated at any time desired. Before a man may be moved from one of the innermost triangles 9 into the central space S, the man must be in position with his own color facing the track.

Under certain conditions a man of one set may be killed or retired by a man from the other set when the latter is moved into a certain relation to the former. WVhen a man is thus retired the opposing player takes the man and places him in the corner of the board at his left. All of the men which either player succeeds in getting into the central space 8 are placed upon the right-hand side of the owner of the men.

The conditions under which the men are killed or captured will now be described. WVhenever an opponents man occupies any space in the base row 9, with either his red or black side toward the track, if the opposing player can in one move cause one of his men to occupy a space in his base row 9 directly opposite from the man mentioned, and with his side adjacent to the track corresponding in color to the facing color of the opponents man, then the latter will be considered killed or captured and may be removed from the board. Although a man occupies one of the spaces in the base row 9*, if he has his white side adjacent to the track, he is neutral and cannot be captured or retired. This can be done only when either the red or black face is adjacent to the track. Likewise if a man occupies either of the rows 9 or 9, he cannot be retired. WVhenever a player in one move, either to an adjacent space or by turning one of his men,

can place the man in position to kill or re- 7 tire an opposing man, the player is obliged to so move. If he fails to notice the play and make the move, his man which could have been so moved will be forfeited to the opponent. \Vhere two or more men of the same player are in position to so capture an opponents man, if the player fails to notice and make the move, his man nearest to the center will be forfeited. No man can be used either for retiring or checking an opponent until the man has been advanced at least one space from'his original position.

It will be noted that the order of colors on V the sides of the red men, when turning the men to the right, is first red, second black, and third white. The order "on the black menis first black, second red,and third white. Thus a man of either set may be turned to present the color of an opposing man by one turn to the right.

When all of the men ofeither player have either been retired or have been moved into the central space 8, the game is at an end. The player who has then advanced the largest number of men into the central space 8 is considered the winner. In case these numbers are a tie, then the player who'has captured the largest number of his opponents men will be deemed the winner. 3 The men remaining along the tracks after the final move by either opponent do not" count in scoring.

It is obvious that various changes in sha e and relation of parts can be made in t e embodiment shown in the drawings Without departing from thespirit and scope of the invention as defined inthe appended claims. 5

having a series of triangular spaces on opposite sides of each pair of tracks, and two sets of triangular shaped men adapted to move along said spaces, said two sets being distinguished from each other by color or design llke those of the tracks, two sides of each of said men having colors or designs the same as said tracks, and the third side of each man having a diflerent color;

2. A game apparatus comprising a board A having two tracks distinguished from each other by color or design, and havin a series of spaces onopposite sides of t e two tracks, and two sets of men adapted to be moved along said tracks from one space to another and adapted to be turned in one of the spaces, each man having sides of different colors or designs, one of the sides being the same color or design as the adjacent track.

3. A game apparatus comprising a pair of substantially parallel tracks having distinguishing characteristics, two sets of spaces positioned at opposite sides of said pairof tracks, and two sets of men adapted to occupy said spaces, each of said men having a plurality of sides one of which has a characteristic similar to that of the adjacent track.

4. A game aoparatus comprising a pair of tracks of di' erent designs or colors, two sets of triangular spaces located adjacent to said tracks, and two sets of triangular shaped men adapted to occupy said spaces, the three sides of said men having different designs or colors, one of which is the same as the adjacent track.

5. A game apparatus comprising a pair of tracks having different characteristics, two series of spaces positioned adjacent to said tracks, and two sets of men adapted to occupy said spaces, each of said men having a plurality of sides of different characteristics.

6. A game apparatus comprising a plurality of converging pairs of tracks, one track of each pair having a certain characteristic and the other track of each pair having a diiferent characteristic, a set of spaces located adjacent to each track, and two distinguishable sets of men adapted to occupy said spaces, the men having a plurality of sides provided with different characteristics.

7. A game apparatus comprising a board provided on one face with a plurality of spaces, and sets of men to occupy said spaces, each man having a plurality of sides provided with different colors or designs, the upper corners of said sides being beveled and the colors or designs being extended onto the beveled portions.

8. A playing-piece for a game apparatus comprising a triangular block having different colors or designs on its three sides, the upper edges of said block being beveled away, and the colors or designs being extended onto said beveled portion.

9. A game board comprising a pair of tracks of different colors or designs, and two sets of men each having a plurality of sides, the top and one side of each set of men being the same coloror design as the respective track. i

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANCIS J. lVAINDLE. Witnesses C. PAUL PARKER, GEORGE L. CHINDAHL.

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